Opramoas
Opramoas | |
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| Born | |
| Died | Rhodiapolis, Lycia |
| Occupations |
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| Era | Roman Empire |
| Known for | Longest Greek inscription in Anatolia |
| Notable work | Mausoleum of Opramoas (built by him) |
Opramoas was an important civic benefactor in the 2nd century CE. He is the best known ancient euergete. He was a magnate from the small Lycian town of Rhodiapolis (southern Anatolia, in modern Turkey). His activities are recorded in extensive Greek inscriptions on the walls of his mausoleum at Rhodiapolis.[1][2][3]
"...apart from his gifts of games and a mass of civic buildings, we have recently found him offering to pay for the primary schooling of all the citizen-children at Xanthus, boys and girls alike"..."he gave funds for burial to people in need and paid the dowries of poor families' daughters"[4]
He is mentioned in the French author Marguerite Yourcenar's novel Memoirs of Hadrian.
References
- ^ C. Kokkinia, Opramoas, in: R. Bagnal et al. (ads), The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Malden M.A. 2012 and online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444338386, sv.
- ^ A. Balland, Fouilles de Xanthos vol. 7, Paris 1981, pp. 173-224
- ^ E. Kalinka, Tituli Asiae Minoris vol. 2,3, Vienna 1944, no. 905; better edition by C. Kokkinia, Die Opramoas-Inschrift von Rhodiapolis. Euergetismus und Sociale Elite in Lykien, Bonn 2000 (with German translation); see a review of this book, in English, by A. D'Hautcourt, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2002.09.06
- ^ R. Lane Fox, Pagans and Christians, London, 1986, p. 60
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